UFC Fight Night Live 22: Marquardt vs. Palhares [Results]

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Fight Night 22: Maia vs. Belcher
September 15th, 2010
Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas
SpikeTV, Rogers Sportsnet (9:00pm EST)

185lbs. Nate Marquardt vs. Rousimar Palhares
155lbs. Jim Miller vs. Gleison Tibau
155lbs. Cole Miller vs. Ross Pearson
155lbs. Efrain Escudero vs. Charles Oliveira

185lbs. Thomasz Drwal vs. Dave Branch
205lbs. Kyle Kingsbury vs. Jared Hamman
170lbs. David Mitchell vs. Anthony Waldburger
185lbs. Rich Attonito vs. Rafael Natal
155lbs. Brian Foster vs. Forrest Petz
155lbs. Yves Edwards vs. John Gunderson

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Wiman vs. Danzig 2 is off.

Escudero will face Oliveira instead.

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Wiman vs. Danzig 2 is off.

Escudero will face Oliveira instead.

The poster doesn't make much sense anymore now, huh?

The might as well have Superman vs. Batman on it.

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Yves Edwards returns to the UFC to face John Gunderson on this card.

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Efrain Escudero has badly missed weight (159lbs., 3lbs. over). 20% of his show money will go to Oliveira. Likely somewhere around $3000.



MAIN CARD

* Nate Marquardt (186) vs. Rousimar Palhares (186)
* Efrain Escudero (159)* vs. Charles Oliveira (154)
* Jim Miller (155.5) vs. Gleison Tibau (154)
* Cole Miller (156) vs. Ross Pearson (156)

PRELIMINARY CARD

* John Gunderson (156) vs. Yves Edwards (155)
* Jared Hamman (205) vs. Kyle Kingsbury (206)
* Dave Branch (186) vs. Tomasz Drwal (185.5)
* Rich Attonito (185) vs. Rafael Natal (186)
* David Mitchell (170.5) vs. Anthony Waldburger (171)
* Brian Foster (170.5) vs. Forrest Petz (170)

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So... that was pretty okay. Miller/Tibau was a bit of a drag but the other fights had a lot of good action.

Dunno what the deal is with the Marquardt fight. Palhares is experienced enough to know when someone is slick but the ref, doctors, etc. didn't think it was the case. NEVER STOP FIGHTING! Holy Hannah he got his bell rung for trying to pull a Jamie Varner and call time-out.

Efrain Escudero seems to be going the way of Brandon Vera, his killer instinct running out of his body by the second. Dunno what is going on with him. Oliveira looked good, he's creative but he needs to bulk up and get more power on his punches. Good prospect.

Cole Miller got kind of lucky, I think. He wasn't doing so well toe-to-toe with Pearson and couldn't get much going elsewhere. Pearson had a good run going and now he's going to have to start over. Hopefully he doesn't go the Escudero route and start fighting safe.

A note with these fight nights and free shows: DVR them and wait 30-40 minutes after show start before hitting play. Then you can fast-forward through all of the filler junk Spike and the UFC cram it with. The first fight didn't even start until 8:16. Price you pay for getting a free show, so to speak.

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MAIN CARD

* Nate Marquardt def. Rousimar Palhares via TKO (strikes) - Round 1, 3:28
* Charles Oliveira def. Efrain Escudero via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 1, 2:25
* Jim Miller def. Gleison Tibau via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
* Cole Miller def. Ross Pearson via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 2, 1:49

PRELIMINARY CARD

* Yves Edwards def. John Gunderson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
* Kyle Kingsbury def. Jared Hamman via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
* Dave Branch def. Tomasz Drwal via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
* Rich Attonito def. Rafael Natal via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
* Anthony "T.J." Waldburger def. David Mitchell via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
* Brian Foster def. Forrest Petz via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 1:07

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Brian Foster, Cole Miller, Charles Oliveira, Kyle Kingsbury and Jared Hamman each earned $40,000 fight-night bonuses for their performances at Wednesday's UFC Fight Night 22 event.

Foster earned the "Knockout of the Night" award, Miller and Oliveira picked up "Submission of the Night" bonuses, and Kingsbury and Hamman earned "Fight of the Night" honors.

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I should give more respect to Cole Miller. He fought Pearson at his own game, where he knew he'd be at a disadvantage, and still won. Took balls.

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Fuck! I forgot to TIVO this!

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Is there any protocol for looking into Marquardt's legs? Like speeds said Palhares seemed damn sure that he was greased and he looked greased based on how his heel slipped out. Hes a moron for letting his guard down though.

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Is there any protocol for looking into Marquardt's legs? Like speeds said Palhares seemed damn sure that he was greased and he looked greased based on how his heel slipped out. Hes a moron for letting his guard down though.

They are saying that both the ref and a comission rep examined him post-fight - and they found nada. He was probably just sweaty.

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Marquardt said he was inspected before the fight as well.

He said he worked out hard in the dressing room to get a good sweat going. Combine that with shaved legs and I'm sure he was slippery.

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Pearson has talent, tough loss for him, hopefully its just a minor set back though. Him and Oliveira are both good prospects in the LW division